We had the best task of all at City farm this week - putting the animals to bed! We wrangled some very speedy chickens into their houses, plus some much calmer turkeys. Abbey the goat whisperer just looked at the girl goats and they obediently put themselves to bed. The boys were more challenging and it took the whole team to walk them on leads back to their barn! The last job was a quick clean of the pigpen, then some time for fuss and scratches for the pigs!

This was stage 2 of the national bat survey, covering the same stretch of the river Test as before. Not quite so many bats this time but still plenty to find, including a very active gang of pipistrelles flying around our heads. We also saw swans, many huge spiders and a got an amazing closet up view of an otter!